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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Lawrence Jacobowitz, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Daniel J. Stigliani, Jr., Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Lawrence Jacobowitz, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Daniel J. Stigliani, Jr., Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for digitally controlled multi-frequency clocking are provided. The method includes receiving a system reference oscillator clock frequency at a microprocessor including multiple cores. The system reference oscillator clock frequency provides a reference frequency to a local oscillator. The local oscillator supplies a core clock frequency to at least one of the cores. The method further includes adjusting the local oscillator to output the core clock frequency at a frequency greater than the system reference oscillator clock frequency as a function of digital frequency characteristic data associated with the core or cores. The method supports extendibility to larger systems and may support enhanced power management through frequency adjustments at the core level.